Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has not been shifted to Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail despite the Islamabad High Court on Monday gave orders to shift him from the Attock district Jail in Punjab Province, reported Dawn.
Islamabad High Court had asked the Adiala Jail Superintendent to receive Imran but he was taken to Attock Jail. Subsequently, the former Pakistan PM filed a petition seeking transfer from Attock Jail to a better-class facility in Adiala Jail.
Later, during a press conference, Khan’s lawyers Naeem Haider Panjutha and Ali Ijaz Buttar expressed “serious apprehensions” regarding the safety and security of the PTI chairman.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking the shifting of party chairman Imran Khan from Attock Jail to Adiala Jail.
He further said that the court directed to keep the PTI chief at the Adiala Jail but he was shifted to the Attock Jail. He added that there is a lack of facilities at the Attock Jail where "B Class" facilities are not provided, ARY News reported.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has been granted bail in a local court on Tuesday on the charges registered against him over attacks on sensitive state installations following May 9, The Express Tribune reported.
The management of Adiala jail has failed to give maximum facilities to inmates. Shortage of funds has caused hindrances in the completion of new barracks as water, electricity, gas and sanitation issues have affected the capital, Dawn reported.
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